Indian Philosophical Branches

The branches of Indian Philosophy are outlined in the chart. If you closely see there is theistic Atheism in Hinduism , under Samkhya ( meaning a system of enumeration) under which Patanjali is listed. Patanjali is said to be the Father of Yoga and the author of Yoga Sutras and thus Yoga comes under the branch of Theistic Atheism, and owes allegiance to Vedas.

Indian School of Philosophy has the following schools of thoughts

1. Hinduism
2. Jainism
3. Buddhism
4. Atheism
5. Materialism
6. Spiritual Monism
7. Henotheism
(Concept of Worshipping many gods or godesses but revere to One Supreme)
8. Logic & Atomism - Epistemology

Hinduism is wrongly believed to be this Puranic Pantheism , when infact it is truly henotheism. The concept of Deity is more of a personal friend, or associating with a deity to grow in specific paths of the spiritual ladder, a traditional belief of a group, caste or demographic area.